Posts Tagged ‘OC Transpo’

I’ve been following social media updates on the OC Transpo transit strike (see previous post) through a variety of social media channels. Thought I’d share my search approach here, and ask if anyone has suggestions for other channels to follow or tools to use.

Today is the first day of the transit strike in Ottawa – hopefully it’ll be a short one! I thought I’d do a scan to see where the issue is being discussed in social media circles, and the types of web 2.0 tools being employed to help people deal with the impact (carpooling mostly), and to connect and discuss the issue.

Twitter

Search for “Ottawa Transit” and “OC Transpo” onhttp://search.twitter.combrings up many posts by people commenting on the strike, including some useful tips such as “b/c of transit strike, on-street, unmetered parking is unlimited in 1, 2, and 3 hour spots. At meters you still have to pay.”; links to news twitter feeds from@cbcnews@macleans(the Magazine)@timesnews@nationalpost